Babylock is a magnificent machine for home embroidery and sewing. That's what I use when I need a table top machine for quilting and appliqueing. This may be a better option for your needs but you know best ultimately. Good luck! GF ----- Original Message ----- From: K Nehmer To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 1:48 PM Subject: [amayausers.com] Re: Need advice Have you looked at the Babylock or Brother 6 needle machines. A step up from home embroidery (I run a business with mine), but not quite as large (read expensive) as the XT. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "stitcher" <stitcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 11:49 AM Subject: [amayausers.com] Need advice > I'm thinking of buying an Amaya XT and need some advice if I'm doing the > right thing or not. I have 3 home machines which all > work fine, but I want a machine with a "jacket-back-size" field. I know > the XT has a 16 x 19 (or thereabouts) size field and I > realize it is an expensive machine for someone not doing a lot of selling. > But I want to make large cross-stitch pictures and > splitting a design just doesn't work. > My question is: Do you think this machine will accomplish what I want (30 > to 50 color changes). I don't care about speed. > I want quality and size. Would this machine be "too much machine" for a > neophyte to handle? I'm not mechanically oriented, > but then again this machine won't be running more than a few hours a week. > > Other than you probably think I'm just plain NUTZ, could you give me your > opinions? > Thanks, > Stitcher > =========================================================== > The AmayaUsers Mailing List > Website: http://www.amayausers.com > Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list > > =========================================================== > =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================